Agri-environment areas may be grazed to ease fodder crisis

摘要

Farmers and landowners who are involved in Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship schemes have been given the go-ahead to start grazing buffer strips and other specialist mixes on their land, to help provide vital food for livestock. The rule changes, which came into effect on Wednesday 17 August and will last until the end of the year, allow agreement holders to cut or graze additional areas of land to help ease shortages of bedding, fodder, grazing or forage crops. A full list of these easements has been published by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) and allows buffer strips and field corners to be cut early.